Half-screen hanger.



E. J. FELLMAN.

HALF SCREEN HANGER,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, I916.

1,22%,9 1 2., Patented May 8, 1917.

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T 0 all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. FELLMAN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Half-Screen Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in hangersfor screens or other'pivotally suspended sash members, and is moreparticularly directed to the provision of an improved half screen hangerof the type described in Patent No. 1,155,412, granted to me October 5,1915.

It is principally the object of the present invention to simplify thestructure of hanger devices of this type with a view to procuringeconomy in manufacture and readiness of assembly of the hanger inoperative position.

Inasmuch as the width of blind stops varies considerable particularly indifferent sections of the country, it is also an important object toprovide a hanger device which is adapted for association with windowframes havingblind stops of varying widths.

A further object is to providea hanger.

device wherein the screen may be detachably connected with a windowframe, in such manner however-that detachment of the screen may beprocured only when the screen is in one certain intermediate outwardlyswung position, whereby accidental detachment of the screen during suchopening movements thereof as would occur forinstance in dusting cloths,is prevented, and also whereby the screen when held in an inwardly swungposition by the usual catch members, cannot be detached thus renderingthe screen burglar proof in conjunction with the ordinary fasteners,which it will be understood only hold the screen against horizontalmovement and not against vertical movement.

lVith the above and other objects and ad vantages in view, the inventionresides more particularly in the novel combination, formation andarrangement of parts more particularly hereinafter described and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings;

Figu e i a V ew s wi g the imp d Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented May a, 1917.

application filed June 2, 1916. Seria1 No. 101,230.

hanger device associated with a .window frame and half screen sash andlooking out wardly of the window, this view being taken sectionallythrough the frame, as indicated by the line 11 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2? is a vertical sectional view taken through the screen and frameon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal view taken through the bottom portions of thehanger, on the line 8-8. of'Fig. '1.

Fig el is a perspective view ofone of the hanger plates, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the other hanger plate.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, there isshown a window frame 5 in which ismounted the usual upper and lower sashmembers 6 and 7 respectively, and which is provided out wardly of theupper sash member with the usual blind stops 8. 9 designates a'screensash which in its normal closed position lies outwardly of and againstthe blind stops and which has secured to its upper rail a shut off strip10 which is of a width equal to the width of the blind stops and whichextends between the blind stops to completely close the space betweenthe upper rail of the screen sash and the lower railof the upper glasssash 6 to prevent the entrance of flies or other insects through thisspace. Inasmuch as the width of the blind stops encountered particularlyin different sections .of the country may vary to considerable extent,the shut off strip 10 is provided to correspond to the width of theblind stop, and also to corresponjdto the distance between the shut offstrips for different sizes of windows.

The hanger device comprises right and left'hand hanger plates B and Arespectively. Each of these plates is angular section and includes abase portion 11, disposed overand secured to the, ends of both the upperscreen sash rail and the shut off strip whereby these portions aremutually strengthened and upstanding from the outer sides of the baseportions are the wing por tions12. The wing portion of the left handmember A is provided with a triangular opening 13 and the wing of theright hand member-B is provided with a vertically extending slot opening14 which terminates in its upper end in horizontal alinement with theupper portion of the triangular opening,

13 and which has its lower end extended into the base portion 11 of theplate, and that portion of the plate inwardly of the opening 14: andadjacent the angle of the plate is struck inwardly to provide a passage15. Pivot nails 16 are driven into the blind stops 8 in such manner thatwhen the screen sash 9 is in closed position, the nails are disposed inthe upper portions of the openings of the hanger plates. These nails arepreferably provided with shoulders 17 limiting their movement into theblind stops to determine the proper degree of projection of their pivotportions.

Thus the screen sash is mounted in a manner whereby it may be freelyswung out wardly. To attach the sash member, it is swung outwardly acertain distance which is determined by the degree of tilting movementof the sash, with the left hand hanger plate as a pivot whereby theright hand pivot plate may be relatively disposed to position its pivotnail in the lower portion of its opening 14, whereby the plate may beentirely detached from the nail by moving the adjacent end of the sashoutwardly to disengage the nail through the passage 15. Detachment ofthe sash in positions inwardly of the above specified position isprevented by abutment of the side of the sash with the window frame, anddetachment of the sash in positions outwardly of the specified positionis prevented by abutment of the top of the sash with the blind stops andalso by abutment of the ends of the hanger plate wings with the uppersash member 6. Thus the screen sash may be detached only at one certainpivotal position with respect to the frame.

Displacement of the screen sash when secured in inwardly swingingposition is prevented by reason of the fact that opening of the lefthand hanger plate is closed and thus provides a positive securing means,in contradistinction to the structure of my heretofore mentionedprevious patent. Thus the conventional type of fasteners, which onlyhold the screen against horizontal movement may be employed with thepresent detachable hanger device to prevent any manipulation of the sashfrom the outside, when the fasteners are actuated.

Inasmuch as the shut off strip 10 is utilized in the present structureto entirely close the space between the upper sash and the screen sashwith no dependence upon the hanger device, the present type of device isadapted for use in connection with window frames having varied widths ofblind stops.

The specific triangular shape of the open ing 13 of the left hand platemember, while affording a proper pivotal suspension for the adjacent endof the sash, also aids n1ateri all y in the removal of the sash from theframe, inasmuch as it permits an upward movement of the entire sash tominimize the vertical tiltin movement necessary, and also minimize thenecessary horizontal tilting movement of the sash by permitting outwardbodily n'lovement of the sash when in such bodily raised position.

It is noted that the apex of the triangular opening 13 is in horizontalalinement with the top of the slot 141:, and thus when the sash is in anadjacent closed position, it is held against lateral movement byabutment of the respective pivot member with the sides of the triangularopening.

I claim:

1. A hanger devicecomprising the combination with a window frame and asash member, of suspension plates on the sash member includingupstanding ear portions, one of said ear portions being provided with atriangular aperture, the other portion being provided with a slot openat its bottom portion and having its top portion terminating insubstantially the same horizontal plane as the apex of the triangularopening, and pivot members on the inner side faces of the frame engagedin said aperture and slot. 1

2 A hanger device comprising the com bination with a window frame and asash member, of angular suspension plates including base portionssecured at the ends of the top of the sash, and upstanding ear portions,one of said ear portions being provided with an aperture, the other endportion being provided with a vertical slot extending into therespective base portion, the angular portion of the respective platebeing offset inwardly, and pivot members engaged in said aperture andslot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of VVi cousin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

EDVARD J. FELLMA'N.

Witnesses FRANK S. RATCLIFFE, M. E. DOWNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0."

